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Meaning of raid

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  raid
      n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: {foray}, {raid}, {maraud}]
      2: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
      v 1: search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
           "The police raided the crack house" [syn: {raid}, {bust}]
      2: enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates
         raided the coastal villages regularly" [syn: {foray into},
         {raid}]
      3: take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its
         stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
      4: search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter
         raided our refrigerator"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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